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Mannheim/Ladenbourg late 16th century [closed]
I am looking for any connection with Isaac Leffmann from Sendenhorst 1860s
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2nd Marine Corps Division at Battle of Saipan
My father was in the 2nd USMC div, 10th Mar in the island chain during the Battle of Saipan. In his service records there is an accommendation letter to the efforts and success of the 2nd USMC Bat at ...
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What surname would be changed to Yaver from Poland or Russia?
I am trying to trace the Yaver family backwards from New York to where they emigrated from Poland. I can't find any passenger lists or immigration paperwork for the surname Yaver (given name Isador or ...
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Belgium Antwerp Police Immigration Index help [closed]
I am trying to find more information about an ancestor whose name is listed in the Belgian Antwerp police immigration index, but only a name. I have a file number and a page number and an FHL film ...
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Transcription of Kurrenschrift lettter snippet
I have this 4-page letter:
Letter from Konrad Gradl to his Dearest Parents
Letter from Konrad Gradl to his Dearest Parents
from Konrad Gradl who was the brother of my grandfather's grandmother, Anna ...
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Overwhelming AncestryDNA match pointing to an "impossible" link?
Here's the situation: I have strong documentation going back to a Fanny Bergey, born 11 April 1794. (Maybe 13 April.) And, I have 41 DNA matches through that ancestor but no direct evidence of which ...
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"Thl" money abbreviation
Does anybody know what this abbreviation for money represents? I think it's "800 Thl" but not sure what type of Geld that is.
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Help on date written in Suetterlin
I am looking for some help reading these two dates, one at the opening of the letter saying that parents' letter was received, and the other at the closing of the letter from Konrad Gradl. (Peculiar &...
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Reading a Lithuanian church record
I am trying to research "Józef Staszkiewicz", who emigrated to Canada in 1927. I have his naturalization application, and it states that he was born in Wilno on 31-Aug-1904.
So, I went to ...
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Why/how does Ancestry.com report details of 26 chromosomes?
The second column of Ancestry's DNA results download is the chromosome number:
rsid chromosome position allele1 allele2
rs3131972 1 752721 G G
But it goes from one to 26! What's up ...
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Family data file .familyxbak format help
I have data pertaining to my Grandmother's side of the family, it is saved as a .familyxbak file which I think is some sort of backup file downloaded from a genealogy website like myheritage.com or ...
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Ancestors union civil war pension containing a USCT vet on their pension
Researching family history and managed to find relatives union civil war pension card. The card has all the usual listings of “widow, children” etc.
however the card also contains an application and ...
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Decipher handwriting in Spanish Birth Certificate
DeepL translation:
I need to decipher the marked words to continue with my family tree. In the first image the first name could be Fabricio, Sabino or Patricio but I don't know for sure. The second ...
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Finding cousins with Y-DNA
My mother's cousin (JEF) has a twelve-marker (Y-12) Y-chromosome test from FTDNA. Our earliest known common ancestor (SSF) was born 1817 in Indiana, USA.
The first twenty matches as reported by FTDNA ...
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Is the new spouse of ego's aunt by marriage to ego's mother's deceased brother also an uncle? [duplicate]
Ego's mother has a brother, which makes him Ego's uncle. Let's call him Curt. Curt marries Doris so she becomes Ego's aunt by marriage.
Curt dies. As far as I know, Doris is still Ego's aunt.
However, ...
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Where is Stofano, Poland?
My grandpa's immigration record lists his birthplace as "Stofano, Poland", but I can't find a town by this name online. He was born in 1911 and the record is from 1950. The records are ...
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Half sister has half sister or cousin
My half sister (Maternal) share 1673cM across 50 segments. Cousin #1 to me shares 994cM across 40 segments. Cousin #1 shares 1056cM across 46 segments. Her maybe father is my mothers brother. All of ...
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DNA result suggests my nephew is my great-nephew
I had my DNA tested several years ago and was pleased with the results. Recently I saw where my sister's son (my nephew) had apparently had his DNA tested by the same company. While his DNA was ...
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Identity card issue after 1939
At the same time as the enumerators collected the household schedules for the 1939 Register they issued Identity Cards to everyone but who issued them for everyone born afterwards?
I’m assuming it was ...
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I'm trying to find my father's birth & death certificate in Poland
My dad was born 1947 in Poland and died in 1997 in Poland. He migrated to the US and became a naturalized US citizen in the 1970s and also served on the polish army but I can't find the town. My ...
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Emigration Documents Antwerp 1905 SS Montreal April 1905
I have determined the arrival in Canada information for my great grandfather. From there I was able to determine the exact ship (SS Montreal arrived May 6, 1905) and the exact date of departure from ...
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Making sense of a marriage record from 1718 Schmie, near Maulbronn, Württemberg
I have several questions about the attached image. It comes from the village of Schmie, near Maulbronn monastery in Württemberg, and is dated November 1718. (I am not sure I read the day correctly.)
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Searching for grandfather’s birth certificate (1903, Hungary)
My grandfather’s name is Pal Kutassy, he was born on February 18 1903, apparently in a town called lisson in Hungary.
However, I can’t find such a town in Hungary. He left on a ship headed from ...
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Overlapping matches on the X chromosome for two males at 23andMe
I've come across some Detailed segment data from 23andMe that I've never seen before that I don't understand. Detailed segment data in 23andMe is available under the "Family & Friends" ...
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Deciphering some text on a Spanish Birth Certificate
Yesterday I received the Birth Certificate for my Great x2 Grandmother. She was born on 6th May, 1857in Corella:
I know that her name was Juana Sanz Cueva because we have already discussed her Death ...
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Double cousins influence on 1C1R
Working on mystery cousin match who gave me access to her data. She is seeking birth father whose relatives who have tested are our shared matches. Using DNA painter tools and my known relationships, ...
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finding copies of Owen County, Indiana deed records?
I need Owen County, Indiana deed records. I would like to search online. Due to covid worries I don't want to visit a family search center. When will these records be available. We used to travel ...
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Finding list of Russian military officers from same unit as cousin's grandmother's cousin killed 1911-1915
Can someone please tell me where I can find a list of Russian military officers, who served in the same unit as Pavel Nikolaevich Veselovsky, and who was killed between 1911 and 1915?
The list will ...
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Sharing DNA record between two ancestry accounts
My DNA record is in my Australian account and I have activated a UK ancestry account, how do I get the UK account to recognise the DNA record in my Australian account.
The reason I did this is because ...
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Stumped with a DNA connection
I have many DNA connections on Ancestry, I come from the Mormon genealogy on my maternal side, one great great uncle had 2 wives and 27 children! (Taylor line) Of all my connections on Ancestry I'm ...
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How to obtain a birth certificate for family member born in Malacca 1935? [duplicate]
Could anyone provide guidance on how I may request a copy of the birth certificate for my father, born in 1935, Malacca?
I’m a British National, not based in Malaysia.
His family were resident in ...
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Strategies for identifying paternal DNA matches knowing only maternal matches
I am adopted, my birth mother (deceased) was adopted, my birth father is unknown. Through research and DNA testing (Ancestry, 23andMe), I have learned that my birth mother gave birth to me, a sister (...
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Investigating NPE in mid-1700s Virginia
After taking Y-37 DNA test at FamilyTreeDNA, I discovered that I matched 37 of 37 markers to descendants of William Adkins, b. 1689 VA. I have a paper trail back to George Webb, b. 1794, VA. I'm ...
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Birth Records for Orhei/Orgeev from 1881
I am searching for the birth record of Elias Weinstock who was born in Orhei in 1881. Where is the best resource to search for Orhei birth records. I have tried all the usual sources however I ...
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Dead ends on all searches for name
I've been trying to find anything about my great-grandfather Solomon Cheplivourstza--the surname has been spelled several different ways, even on the same document. He died in about 1915 and there is ...
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Emigration records for private colonisation attempts from England
I'm looking for details of whether an ancestor was a part of a short lived colonisation attempt that took place circa 1849/1850, that targeted a place in the Auckland Islands and was led by Charles ...
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Searching for birth record in Ukraine
I have been searching for the birth record of my Grandfather. He was born in 1928 in the Ukraine in a place called Maximowka. I have no idea where to look anymore. The state archive sent my request ...
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Distinguishing mother from sister using autosomal DNA matches
M (female) matches F (female) with 2923 cM half identical (51 segments) and 866 cM (identical) on 37 segments. Longest segment is 184 cM on the X chromosome. Have a 135.04 segment on another ...
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Finding records of Army Service pre-1841 in England
I am researching my 3G GF James Vincent. I have what looks like his baptism (2 Feb 1779, Wilton Wiltshire), and I have found him in the 1841 census living just outside Salisbury, occupation is 'Army ...
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Looking for a specific ED in the 1950 U.S. Census (by searching a specific street's name)
I am looking for a ED in the 1950 U.S. Census. The name of street is 94 Second Ave Newark, Essex County, New Jersey.
Using the Steve Morse’s One-Step Webpages here is was able to narrow it down to ED ...
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Finding info about immigrant relative in USA
Is there a site (preferably free) for accessing info about people who migrated to USA?
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How to calculate relationship between two members in an Ancestry public tree
If I'm looking at someone else's Ancestry public family tree, how do I calculate the relationship between two people in their tree? Even just to be able to calculate the relationship to the home ...
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Unknown First Cousin Matches
I am matched to 8 or 9 different people who all happen to be first cousins to each other, and who also apparently are all my first cousins. They have between 1032 cm’s all the way down to 785 cm’s and ...
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Finding 1918 birth certificate for Lviv
Where do I start looking for a birth certificate for my father born in Lviv
Fathers surname Mandel name aka Zygfryd born Lviv 19/01/1918
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Keeping family trees up-to-date or synchronised between websites
When I think about vendor lock-in I usually think about big tech companies like Apple, but websites like Ancestry.com, Familysearch.org and Myheritage.com don't seem to want to work together either. ...
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Representing genealogy when multiple intra-familial marriages occurred
I searched this site and found a similar question from 2012. I'm hoping that genealogy programs have improved since then. I have a genealogy in which multiple intrafamilial marriages occurred. ...
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Does being a "Yeoman" imply that the person is a "Bachelor"
I have seen in english church marriage registers:
Richard Carver of this parish, yeoman
and Elizabeth Chapman of this parish, spinster
and was wondering if a yeoman must be unmarried?
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Searching for "Unknown father" of a child born to an unmarried mother in Poland
I've been helping a friend to research his Polish ancestors and we have a lingering mystery to solve.
Friend's grandmother, Lillian, was born in 1902 in the Kujawsko-Pomorskie region of Poland (German ...
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Finding details about an immigration from England to New Zealand / Australia
Here is a Immigration Certificate:
According to the source it says:
Departure Date: May 1919
Departure Port: England
Ship Name: Prinzessin
Destination Port: Auckland, New Zealand
I have several ...
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Finding ancestor who came to England probably around the 1930s
My wife is searching her great grandfather (Thomas Salvatore) who came to England probably around the 1930s.
We know he married a Scottish woman.
We have no other information.
I know it's really vague ...
